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'I dreamed it': MSU's Kenny Goins goes from walk-on to big-time player

East Lansing — Kenny Goins always knew this was possible.

Well, at least the part where he is a member of a top Division I basketball program. Goins certainly has that at Michigan State, a fifth-year senior who has started all nine games this season.

But, being among the top rebounders in the nation and coming three assists shy of a triple-double in Monday’s victory over Iowa?

Yeah, that was something Goins wasn’t so sure of.

“I dreamed it,” Goins admitted after practice Wednesday. “I don’t think I ever saw it as a reality that I’d be playing such an important role.